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Real wages in Poland have increased significantly

Real wages in Poland have grown significantly

The Polish economy is recovering from the weakening, and proof of this is the fact that in February 2024 real wages in Poland grew the most in several decades. In February 2024, real wages in Poland grew by as much as 9.9 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Central ...

NBP's reaction to the application for the State Tribunal for the president

NBP’s reaction to the request for the State Tribunal for the president

The National Bank of Poland responded with an official statement to the submission of a political motion to the State Tribunal for Prof. Adam Glapiński, President of the National Bank of Poland. A motion to bring Prof. Adam Glapiński, president of the National Bank of Poland, before the State Tribunal ...

Companies are most likely to use leasing

Companies most often use leasing

This year, almost every fourth company from the small and medium-sized enterprise sector in Poland will choose leasing to co-finance its operations. In 2024, the most popular external form of financing for SMEs will be leasing, according to the Kaczmarski Group study “2024 from the perspective of micro, small and ...

Genius loci - Polish Economy Forum

Genius loci – Polish Economy Forum

I must remind you of one thing here: Budapest in the second half of the 19th century had a completely different rank than Warsaw. This has some significance for further considerations. Warsaw, especially after the absurd and suicidal January Uprising (in my private classification of historical Polish absurdities, right after ...

What the eyes do not see, the heart does not regret

What the eyes don’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over

Rebellions due to fiscal oppression were frequent. People do not like excessive taxation and this truth was noticed in ancient times. However, today we will not dwell on the problem of how much can be taken from a person to remain within the limits of decency. For example, one of ...

Micro-enterprises' debts are growing. Their arrears have exceeded PLN 5 billion

Micro-enterprises’ debts are growing. Their arrears have exceeded PLN 5 billion

According to the latest available data from the Central Statistical Office from the end of January 2024, 4.7 million employees are employed in microenterprises (up to 9 employees), which is every fourth person in Poland. This is more than the staff in the largest corporations, employing over 1,000 people. If ...